Battle: Los Angeles is a 2011 American military science fiction war film directed by Jonathan Liebesman, and starring Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Ramon Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ne-Yo, and Michael Peña. The film is set in modern day Los Angeles and follows a retiring Marine Staff Sergeant who must go back into the line of duty to lead a platoon of U.S. Marines, US Army troops and a US Air Force technician during a global alien invasion. In August 2011, large objects, thought to be meteorites, land in the oceans near several major coastal cities. The objects are discovered to... be spacecraft containing hostile extraterrestrial life. Marines from Camp Pendleton arrive in Los Angeles, including SSgt. Michael Nantz , a 20-year veteran who had lost his squad during his tour in Iraq. In the film's opening Nantz was officially retiring, but because of the attack is instead made the acting platoon sergeant for 1st Platoon, Echo Company, 2nd Battalion 5th Marines. Under command of 2ndLt.
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| Release date: | March 10, 2011 |
| Directed by: | Jonathan Liebesman |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 116 Minutes |
| Producer: | Neal H. Moritz, Jeffrey Chernov, Ori Marmur |
| Editor: | Christian Wagner |
| Music by: | Brian Tyler |
| Cinematography: | Lukas Ettlin |
| Screenplay by: | Christopher Bertolini |
| Estimated budget: | $70,000,000 |
| Genre: | Science Fiction, Action |